Academy : A Public Space

Join us online for Master Classes; and workshops on craft and technique. Past seasons have featured Colm Tóibín, Robert Sullivan, Michael Silverblatt, Parul Sehgal, Camille Rankine, Francine Prose, Claire Messud, Ayana Mathis, Yiyun Li, Leslie Jamison, Mary-Beth Hughes, Amy Hempel, John Haskell, Daniel Handler, Elizabeth Gaffney, Benjamin Dreyer, Jennifer Croft, and Alexander Chee, among others. Scholarships are offered for many classes; details can be found in the course listings below.

Danielle Evans | Master Class

Online, Zoom • Thursday, July 23, 2020

Narrating Contested Space: This class will focus on the challenge of capturing scene when the physical space or events of the story are experienced in varied and sometimes contradictory ways by the characters.

Yiyun Li | Master Class

Online, Zoom • Saturday, July 11, 2020

A Master Class on how to scaffold a novel. Looking at War and Peace, and other novels, as examples.

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